Hornepayne | |||||||||||
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View of the station in 2009. | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Hornepayne, ON Canada | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 49°13′08″N 84°46′31″W / 49.2188°N 84.7753°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Via Rail | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Sign post | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1913 | ||||||||||
Closed | building demolished October 2020 [1] | ||||||||||
Previous names | Canadian Northern Railway Canadian National Railway | ||||||||||
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Hornepayne railway station is located in the township of Hornepayne, Ontario, Canada. This station is served by Via Rail's transcontinental train The Canadian.
The station was established in 1913 by the Canadian Northern Railway as a divisional point and headquarters for the Superior Division, under the name Fitzbach railway station; its name was changed to Hornepayne around 1920.[2] Until the arrival of the highway in the 1980s, the town was dependent on the railway for transportation of supplies into the community.[2] It was demolished in 2020 by its owner CN, citing safety concerns.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Lusk, Ken S. (October 13, 2020). "Hornepayne station came down". facebook. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
- ^ a b "Hornepayne, Ontario (2003)". Communities. Canadian Railway Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
- ^ "Historic Hornepayne, Ont., railway station to be demolished | CBC News".
External links
[edit] Media related to Hornepayne railway station at Wikimedia Commons